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He shouldn’t give the step siblings jack shit and they don’t deserve it, and the father is an asshole for even asking/telling him.

This may be made up, but it isn’t uncommon, it somewhat happened to me. My Dad (dead) literally told me I should leave everything I have to his illegitimate kid, while saying he (the dad) wasn’t leaving me anything, and after he died we found out he had been withdrawing money from our deceased grandparents estate for “expenses” (which was allowed) and parking the money elsewhere. He literally took every dime of gains over the course of 8yrs (you know, when the stock market has increased a lot.)

He and his wife likely didn’t give a shit because I have more money than them, but he royally fucked over my cousins.

In the end, no matter what you think of your parent, the current spouse (and their protection of their children) will likely trump you. When it comes to money, trust no one.

I feel sorry for the kid in the original post, bad position.



At 18 it is. That kid could park the money in investments and he would have a huge jump on a majority of people even in their middle age. Go get a job/education and act like the money doesn’t exist unless it’s a legitimate emergency. He would have a pile in 20-30yrs if it was invested wisely. Shit, even take a bit of the gains in a good year and go travel a bit.

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If I want to read Reddit, I know how to get there.  I don't need you to repost it.

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Is reddit full of people that like to talk smack about other people's problems? Like they don't have enough problems of their own they go out to find somebody else's problems to bitch about? LOL

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This. WTF is with the infiltration of this reddit garbage?

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Retarded
And 500k isn't shit.

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Retarded
And 500k isn't shit.

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For a 17 year old thats life changing money. But i forgot arf is full of billionaires.

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Retarded
And 500k isn't shit.

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Starting with $500-1000k at 18 is basically a life cheat code if managed well.  Makes one look dumb to try and downplay it.

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Retarded
And 500k isn't shit.

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It's a house and car

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Wrong, at least for an 18 year old.

If invested conservatively that will easily secure his retirement. He may not be smart enough to do that, but it’s certainly possible. Knowing you can retire comfortably at a reasonable age is worth a lot.

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Coming into large amounts of money almost always completely ruins peoples lives.

For the rest it just ruins their lives a bit less than completely.

Even people who are used to handling large amounts of money responsibly do bad with windfalls.

One of the greatest posts I've seen on this forum so far, on the topic:

https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/Austrian_s_Semi_Annual_Guide_For_Recent_Lottery_Winners__Or_Deluded_Hopefuls__Post/5-828009/